Wednesday, February 4, 1998Last modified at 1:06 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 1998

J. Weldon Martin

TAHOKA (Special) - Services for J. Weldon Martin, 86, of Tahoka will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Marvin Gregory, pastor, officiating. The Rev. Jerry Becknal, pastor of First Baptist Church, will assist.

Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery under direction of White Funeral Home.

Martin died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1998, in Phoenix House in Lubbock.

He was born Sept. 15, 1911, in Hopkins County. He moved to Tahoka from Mount Zion in 1921. He attended Tahoka High School and Big Spring Business College. He married Mary Ruth Edwards on Oct. 28, 1933, in Tahoka. She died Oct. 26, 1996. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of O'Donnell, and he was involved in the South Plains Cotton Industry. He was named the Cooperative Ginner of the Year in 1962. He served the O'Donnell Rotary Club as president from 1961 to 1962. He was a member of First United Methodist Church, and he was active in Bible Study class.

He was a retired manager of the Farmers Co-Op Gin in O'Donnell, and he was a retired self-employed farmer.

Survivors include three sons, Wayne of Lubbock and Fred and Bobby, both of Tahoka; a daughter, Jeanell Edwards of Tahoka; a brother, Buck of Lubbock; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to First United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 500, Tahoka 79373.

The family will receive friends at the church from 1 p.m. until services Thursday.